waitin' for thread

I made this the other day, and it's just waitin' for thread... i needed to finish my st. pat's day table topper before I could attack this with thread... monday I'll begin..

Ruth's Flower Gaden

This is my flower garden... doesn't need watering.. doesn't need sun. Never dies, or even wilts... I actually was inspired to do this after a day of weeding in my garden! LOL

On another note, I'd like to find some quilters to start a project similar to the 'twelveby12' group. I think it'd be fun to have a project block to do once every 2 months... with a common theme, then we can post the blocks in a united picture as if it were a finished quilts.... 2 mos gives us time to get it done... and think of the next one.. If anyone out there is interested... pop me an email and let me know, ok?

Happy February

Quilter's Home had an advertisement in my mailbox and oddly what caught my eye... was a quilt Cake! Can anyone find a picture of it?

Happy New Year!

Well it's January 15th, I figured it's about time I welcome in the New Year. I usually let Christmas linger on in my heart until about now, then I start realizing that my BIRTHDAY IS COMING!!! Yee Haw! i DON'T know why at my age I'm still as giddy as a school girl about my birthday, but I am! Perhaps it's that I made it one more year! Who Knows.. but I like to celebrate it! This year one of my ways of celebrating it is to have a "Quilt In" with some of my quilting friends! I'm quite excited about it.. and I'll have to post pictures afterward. (You bet!) Other than that, I don't know what I'll do, other than dinner, I'm sure... I usually try to get a massage on my birthday, but I am working on that day this year, so I'm not sure how that will go... and also, my ceramics class is on my birthday... maybe I can finagle getting off a few hours early... Oh, and my husband and stepson are cooking dinner for me that night!..

Last year (or was it the year before) I had asked for something (anything) that required "tickets". You see, that would mean some Planning would have to go into it... and it'd be something other than dinner out... and it'd be an adventure because I wouldn't know what it was!... My husband surprised the heck out of me and got tickets to see the Blue Man Group! It was wonderful,.. and we had to spend the night in a hotel too... one of the best presents he's ever planned... try it ladies.. you'll be surprised in some way or another! LOL

The Busy Season

I love Christmas, but it seems that it becomes busier and busier each year... where did the month go? Well today I got a free moment to try getting back on my Mega Quilter and finishing quilting MY quilt, which has been on it for a couple months I think. Anyway... I previously had issues with the thread continuously breaking. Someone suggested the bobbin area might be dirty and need cleaning. So I cleaned it. Good tip! Thanks Jeanette! So I get a row done, then stop to roll it up another row, and begin again... then I break a needle! OUCH. Ok... found the needles, removed the piece of needle that got lodged in the feed dogs, inserted a new needle, threaded it... and we're back to the breaking thread. GOOD GRIEF. Oh, and also, the stitches are skipping some... take a look at these pics... I don't get it... and don't know how to fix it either? Any ideas?

Where Did November Go???/

I CANNOT believe I haven't blogged here all month... and now it's the week of Thanksgiving. Sheesh! I'm still trying to finish Amanda's quilt for her dorm... it's coming along, but so is winter soon! TTYL

Getting Better All the Time

I think I'm getting better... in fact I completed the practice quilt and pulled it off today so I could inspect the backside... this is where I saw all the bobbin problems... and could tell a huge difference where I finally got the tension set correctly... but here's the last couple rows...

Coffee, Tea.. or.... ?

Last month I made a "Coffee Break" art quilt, and since then I have been aching to make a Tea Time one as well. Last nite I finally started it and I was so excited about it, I finished it today! Here they both are...





(I'm not sure why this turned sideways after uploading, it's not like this on my computer...)

One Art Fair... Coming Up!

Next weekend is the Art Fair. I'm hurrying to get enough done to not have an empty table. Sheesh... so I'm working on it... here are a couple pieces that will be there.

The first one is a flower garden (Zippity Doo Dah) with flowers made of buttons and zippers, and a sun of spiraled yarn. Below is a typical log cabin design, but assembled in an Atypical fashion - it's a no-sew piece.